Ardent Defender 18

Ardent defenderSupporting Training Activities

C-IED CoE participated with personnel from 1 – 19 October 2018 on the multinational exercise “ARDENT DEFENDER 2018” (AD 18). This exercise was organized by the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) Joint Counter Threat Task Force (JCET TF). All the activities were executed according to the scenario on Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Borden and 4th Canadian Division Training Center (4 CDTC) Meaford, Ontario. 400 participants from 24 nations had the opportunity to train and practice under a realistic and holistic scenario of Peace Support Operation. The objective of the AD 18 was to practice the cycle of exploitation from the lowest tactical up to higher operational level in an Area of Operation according to the scenario.